ISDS Case Map
RCEP
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal would undermine environmental protections in Asia.
Asia Pacific trade unions jointly urge participating governments to ensure the RCEP meets unions’ five key demands.
Intellectual property barriers, which would hinder access to affordable medicines, have supposedly been removed from the draft RCEP free-trade agreement (FTA).
The Indo-Pacific concept was developed in recognition of the need for ASEAN to respond with a united front to emerging regional issues, thereby preserving ASEAN’s centrality.
Three harmful provisions concerning pharmaceuticals and agriculture which were part of the RCEP have been withdrawn.
Malaysia bets big on RCEP with India as RCEP is set to pose a major challenge of cheaper imports of refined products.
Trade officials from 16 nations across the Asia-Pacific region will sit down in the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday, to negotiate the terms of RCEP.
Trade representatives from more than a dozen countries have flown into Australia to conduct highly secretive negotiations on a mega deal that will sideline the US amid the ongoing economic fall-out from the US-China trade war.
India cannot afford to fall out of the free trade agreement negotiations.
FTA Watch would like to urge the Thai negotiation team for the RCEP to have a
strong position to reject proposals on Intellectual Property Enforcement chapter.
